Idylle d' Achinos La Tour Melas can be compared, with your eyes shut, to the best and most epic rose wines of Provence! If wasn't sold out every year from the Greek market, it would be the rose wine that all the jet setters in Cote d'Azur would drink! Unfortunately for them, its mythical elegance and balance make it the most beloved rose wine in Greece and not unjustly! Its creators say that 2023 is its best vintage ever; we just challenge you to try it and disagree, if you can!
Just outside the village of Achinos in Fthiotida, the great romance of Grenache, Syrah, and Agiorgitiko was born. Idylle d' Achinos La Tour Melas, the rose wine of Kyros Melas that changed everything we knew about Greek rose wines, by following the standards of Provence, is the rose that is sold out first every year! The reason is not only its delicate color but mainly its incredible concentration, exemplary elegance, and balance.
Sacrificing the production he could have on the altar of quality, Kyros Melas and his team reach the old, over 60 years old, vines to the extremes, limiting their productivity to a minimum. Biodynamic, organic cultivation, and dense planting harden the plants, giving tremendous levels of concentration in their very few bunches. Because, these are the standards of Provence and not just the mild, short maceration that give pale color!
French or Greek finesse, you can say it as you wish, the truth is that you will hardly find so much of it concentrated in a glass.
